🪷 ŚB 8.23.11-12
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
श्रीशुक उवाच
आज्ञां भगवतो राजन्प्रह्लादो बलिना सह ।
बाढमित्यमलप्रज्ञो मूर्ध्न्याधाय कृताञ्जलि: ॥ ११ ॥
परिक्रम्यादिपुरुषं सर्वासुरचमूपति: ।
प्रणतस्तदनुज्ञात: प्रविवेश महाबिलम् ॥ १२ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca
ājñāṁ bhagavato rājan
prahrādo balinā saha
bāḍham ity amala-prajño
mūrdhny ādhāya kṛtāñjaliḥ
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ājñām — the order; bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rājan — O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit); prahrādaḥ — Mahārāja Prahlāda; balinā saha — accompanied by Bali Mahārāja; bāḍham — yes, sir, what You say is all right; iti — thus; amala-prajñaḥ — Prahlāda Mahārāja, who had clear intelligence; mūrdhni — on his head; ādhāya — accepting; kṛta-añjaliḥ — with folded hands; parikramya — after circumambulating; ādi-puruṣam — the supreme original person, Bhagavān; sarva-asura-camūpatiḥ — the master of all the chiefs of the demons; praṇataḥ — after offering obeisances; tat-anujñātaḥ — being permitted by Him (Lord Vāmana); praviveśa — entered; mahā-bilam — the planet known as Sutala.
Translation
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Accompanied by Bali Mahārāja, my dear King Parīkṣit, Prahlāda Mahārāja, the master of all the chiefs of the demons, took the Supreme Lord’s order on his head with folded hands. After saying yes to the Lord, circumambulating Him and offering Him respectful obeisances, he entered the lower planetary system known as Sutala.
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ŚB 8.23.11requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pagecanonical reading passagereceived source-text passage preserved as the canonical reading targetŚB 8.23parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 8parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation
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